Lesson 9 Introduction

In this discussion activity, you will reflect and share what you found most interesting/surprising about the content in Lesson 9.

Impression of an Indus Valley seal, showing an “Indus script” string of five characters (British Museum, 2005 photograph); licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Instructions

After going through the lesson content, slideshow, and other electronic resources, create an initial thread and respond to the following:

• What did you find most interesting and/or surprising from the Lesson 9 content covering the Harappan, Chinese, and Khmer civilizations of Asia? Why?

• Next, throughout the week, return to the discussion forum and submit a response to at least two classmates’ original threads. After that, feel free to comment as you like.

In the mid-1970’s, archaeological excavations discovered the famous Terracotta Army buried with China’s first emperor, Ying Zheng; licensed under CC BY 3.0.

Evaluation Criteria

You will be evaluated on the following:

• Content: There is no required word count, per se, but you must adequately address the questions posed and provide a meaningful, well-thought response. Did you answer the discussion question (and reply) with a thoughtful response that includes references to material presented in the lecture, readings, and/or web-readings?

• Grammar/style: Did you use proper grammar and style (spelling, complete sentences€¦) making your post easy to understand?

• Participation: Did you submit the required number of posts (3). Initial thread and response posts must be made on three separate days. [Students must submit their initial threads by the end-of-day Thursday (at the latest) and your response posts should come over the rest of the week. You may submit more than the minimum required.]

• Follow the general guidelines of discussion etiquette (see Syllabus).

Getting Started

To prepare for this discussion, you should read through the module pages, access and read content from external web-links, and watch the lecture slideshow.

• Mark this page as reviewed.

• Access the Discussion Forum, “Land of the Rising Sun” to begin. For this activity, you must first submit your intial thread before you can view/respond to other posts.

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Continue

Be sure to mark this page as “reviewed.” Then, go to the next page to access a link to the discussion forum. If the forum does not automatically open in a new window, click “Click to Launch.”